Joseph Lee Invented The Bread Machine!

Joseph Lee Invented The Bread Machine!

Born in 1849 Joseph Lee was involved in the food industry from a young age! He was born in Boston and worked in a bakery during his youth. Who knew the future he had ahead of himself at that point! He eventually opened two very successful restaurants in the Boston...

Wrongfully Convicted Tenn. Man Only Gets $75 After 31 Years In Prison

Wrongfully Convicted Tenn. Man Only Gets $75 After 31 Years In Prison

A Tennessee man released from prison after a wrongful conviction put him away for 31 years is fighting for an exoneration case that could grant him $1 million in compensation. Lawrence McKinney, 60, of Memphis, Tenn., was convicted of rape and burglary in 1978 and was...

Chance The Rapper Joins DuSable Museum Board In Shake-Up

Chance The Rapper Joins DuSable Museum Board In Shake-Up

Chance the Rapper is one of the newest board members at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago's Washington Park. His appointment is part of a larger board makeover that includes six to eight new members. Another is Dr. Eric Whitaker, a close friend...

High Schoolers Protest To Make Black History A Full-Year Course

High Schoolers Protest To Make Black History A Full-Year Course

Students at a Jacksonville, Florida high school protested on Monday demanding that their African American history course be taught year-round. Police were called to Terry Parker High School, according to First Coast News though they don’t report by who, when a group...